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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1041 



View in the Store of John Coomb5, Hartford, Conn., at Easter. 



liiivis just after it has hatched out by 

 tiuniiifj over a leaf that is hegiiiniiig to 

 lie skeletonized, whieli shows that the 

 youngsters are just heijinnini; to feed. 

 After the brood has scattered it is hard 

 work to find them all. When the oat- 

 (•r|iilhir.s are exoeptionally numerous 

 Paris <»:reen may l-.* used to poison them. 

 liMl it must be sprayed on very weak, for 

 1 have seen it injure tlic youn^' growths 

 in a {jreenhouse. 



There is a small buttci My thai is often 

 a ifreat nuisance in niiunoiiette houses, 

 and it is often kept out iiy tacking mos- 

 (piito netting on the ventilators, but this 

 i> hardly practicable in growing chrys- 

 anthemum-. a< the doors should be left 

 open night ami day during tlie summer 

 month.-. Bria.v Boiif. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



l!y invitation of the American Insti- 

 tute of the City of New York, the Chry- 

 -anthemum Society of America will hold 

 its annual e.\hibiti(m November 10 to 

 li. i;)03. in the Armory of the Old 

 Cuard. corner of Broadway and Forty- 

 ninth street. The schedule of premiums 

 will be issued in the near future. Be- 

 sides a large list of lilxMal prizes, in 

 the regular "classes, there will lie many 

 special prizes offering great inducements 

 to exhibitors. A number of local horti- 

 cultural societies will offer prizes to be 

 iciinpeted for by their own members. 

 The Massachusetts Horticultural Socie- 

 ty offers the following prizes to lie com- 

 peted for by members of tluit society: 

 l-'or twenty-five blooms in twenty-tive 

 varieties, .ii'^.j and $10: for twelve blooms 

 ill twelve varieties, $1.", and $10: also 

 S-25 for the best vase of any one variety, 

 open to all. 



The K. (i. Hill tdmpany offers $lo 

 and $10 for the best ten bloonrs of any 

 seedling, not in commerce, or foreign 



variety not disseminated in the United 

 States prior to January I. I IMC!. 



There will be many other special 

 classes, which will be announced later. 

 FrkI) II. Lemon. S<'cv. 



THE AMERICAN CARNATION. 



"The -\inejican tarnation — How l<> 

 (Iidw It." by ('. W. Ward, has been is 

 sued and a copy has i-eachcd us from the 

 publishers, the A. T. De la Mare Pii-.iting 

 and Publishing Co.. New \'ork. 



W'c had expected a gixil deal in a 

 book on this subject from the pen of Mr. 

 Ward. an<l are not disappointed. It is 

 a most valuable coutribntion to the liter- 

 ature of the carnation, and in<leed to that 

 of conunercial floriculture in general. 

 The book contains 21)0 large ])ages and 

 |)aper and printing ate both first-class 

 in c\'cr_\' respect. 



.\n exi(dlent portrait of the author ap- 

 pears as a frontispiece, anil in the first 

 chapter the "Origin and early history of 

 the carnation" is thoroughly covered, 

 bringing into a small compass a com|>lete 

 rec(U(l of all that is known regarding the 

 early developiuent of the carnation, 

 t bapter II is devoted to a record of "The 

 Carnation in America." and contains 

 many very interesting facts. Other chap- 

 ters are devoted to "(icneial greenhouse 

 culture." "Soils. " "Manures and fertiliz- 

 ers," "Propagating and sliip|iing young 

 stock," "Treatment of young carnation 

 stock preparatory to planting out." 

 "Field culture." "Lifting anrl planting." 

 "Treatment after bencbim;." "Picking, 

 packing and shipping the lloweis. ' "In- 

 sects and preventives." "Diseases and in- 

 juries." "Packing an<l sliip|iing field 

 grown |)lants." "Houses for carnations." 

 "Bench construction." "Snb- irrigation." 

 "(Jreenhiuise lieating." "Carnaticms for 

 siimnu'r blooming and pot culture.' 

 "Raising carnatiims from seeil." "Vari- 

 ous (dassifications of the carnation." "Tin- 

 ideal carnation." "The future of the car- 



nation. ' ".\ •alciidai of < pel. II I. Ills I,, I 

 the year." "The American Carnation So- 

 ciety." .\nd there are chapters on ear- 

 nation culture in their respective locali- 

 ties liy Messrs. Fied Dorner. I'eter Fisli- 

 cr. K'. (;. liill. Henry WelM-r, Ki.lianl 

 Witleistaetter. W. K. Slieliiiire and .John 

 II. Duiilop. Kach of these last is accoin- 

 panicd by a portrait and sketch of the 

 life of the writer, and there are also por- 

 traits and biographical skelclie.s of 

 Charles Zeller and .John Dailleilmize. 



The book is illustrated by many fine 

 half tone engravings from photographs 

 and there are four colored plates. 



In the chapter on soils the subject of 

 soil sterilization is exhaustively treated, 

 and in another the subirrigalion ques- 

 tion is treateil at considerable length. .\s 

 Mr. Ward has carried on many e.x|)eri- 

 ments and spent considerable iiioiie.v in 

 demonstrating the I'omniercial )iossj|ij|i- 

 ties of this inetbod of watering his con- 

 clusions will Ik> of great interest to all 

 growers of the carnation. 



We are pleased to add so valuable a 

 book to our library and expect to fre- 

 ((iienlly refer to it. Mr. Ward is (vr- 

 tainly entitled to the hearty thanks of 

 all carnation growers, and the publishers 

 are also to be coinmended for having car- 

 ried out their part of the work in sindi 

 an ailiiiirable manner. 



UNION GARDENERS. 



Hcti'i ring to the recent article uiiiler 

 above heading, is it any wonder that 

 help sliiuld get into a disgruntled state 

 of iiiinil under some of the coiiililio'n« 

 imposed upon llieiii and that union or- 

 giinizeis are rei-eiving the glad Inuul <>f 

 welcome froin them? 



The craft calls for men of su|»'rior 

 intelligence, of u stiidinii.s und thinking 

 nature, ami who must also have retentive 

 inemoiies to !«■ aide to till po-itioiis of 

 rcsponsiliility ii' ■ -ii i-i i,i..\ v iii^i r 



